No thumbprint, no money, bank tells armless man

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

MIAMI (Reuters) – A bank in Florida refused to cash a check for an armless man because he could not provide a thumbprint.

"They looked at my prosthetic hands and the teller said, 'Well, obviously you can't give us a thumbprint'," Steve Valdez told CNN on Wednesday.

But he said the Bank of America Corp branch in downtown Tampa, Florida, still insisted on a thumbprint identification for him to cash a check drawn on his wife's account at the bank, even though he showed them two photo IDs.

In the incident last week, a bank supervisor told Valdez he could only cash the check without a thumbprint if he brought his wife in with him or he opened an account with them.

"I told them I neither wanted an account with them and couldn't bring my wife in because she was nowhere close by," Valdez told CNN.

Bank of America said in a statement cited by CNN: "While the thumbprint is a requirement for those who don't have accounts, the bank should have made accommodations."

Valdez said his treatment by the bank violated the U.S. Americans with Disability Act requiring institutions to provide reasonable accommodation to disabled persons.

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[thepizzadude 26]

Well I wonder how the Bank of Obama...errr Bank of America is gonna spin this one

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I saw this on the news last night. And then I love how a manager calls the guy and tries to keep his business.

[Jenn! 918]

So his wife wrote a check to him from her account and they require a thumbprint to cash it? Since when is photo ID not good enough to cash a check?

[sara..... 371]

ok why didnt they just take his toe print of that is all he could give?

sara

[Mags 112]

Well I wonder how the Bank of Obama...errr Bank of America is gonna spin this one

Yes, because this thread is SO about Obama.

VJ sheesh.

[Marilyn. 340]

Well I wonder how the Bank of Obama...errr Bank of America is gonna spin this one

Yes, because this thread is SO about Obama.

VJ sheesh.

but don't you know that everything is about Obama... you really need to get with the program, dear

[Mags 112]

Well I wonder how the Bank of Obama...errr Bank of America is gonna spin this one

Yes, because this thread is SO about Obama.

VJ sheesh.

but don't you know that everything is about Obama... you really need to get with the program, dear

Sorry, Marilyn! I forgot that everything that is wrong with this country is Obama's fault. Even a Bank in Florida's p!ss poor customer service!

Stupid me!

[Heracles 417]

Well I wonder how the Bank of Obama...errr Bank of America is gonna spin this one

I thought private industry was the answer to everything and could self-regulate.

Edited September 3, 2009 by Booyah!

[luckytxn 2,264]

Wow. I am betting the employees loved doing this.

[mawilson 2,133]

I've never heard of thumbprint identification being used by banks.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Bank of America sucks, and we own it.

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

Bank of America sucks, and we own it.

boa is all thumbs again.......

[thepizzadude 26]

Well I wonder how the Bank of Obama...errr Bank of America is gonna spin this one

Yes, because this thread is SO about Obama.

VJ sheesh.

but don't you know that everything is about Obama... you really need to get with the program, dear

Sorry, Marilyn! I forgot that everything that is wrong with this country is Obama's fault. Even a Bank in Florida's p!ss poor customer service!

Stupid me!

Had nothing to do with Obama and it being his fault, it was actually a JOKE because I don't know if you know but the O man pretty much made us the owners of BOA now like GM blah blah blah...

Lighten up a little before you blow a gasket...

[Nagishkaw 510]

Banks, FTW!